Iona guard Lamont "MoMo" Jones, left, drives to the basket past Manhattan forward Emmy Andujar during the first half of the MAAC championship game in Springfield, Mass., on Monday night.

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Harvey Valentine
For The Journal News

Reserve guard Tre Bowman scored 20 points for Iona, which built a 10-point second-half lead and held on for a 60-57 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament championship-game win over Manhattan at the MassMutual Center Monday night.

It's Iona's first MAAC tournament title since 2006 and eighth in 12 championship-game appearances.

Bowman hit 7 of 9 from the field, including two 3-pointers, and made two free throws with 27 seconds left to seal the win. Senior guard Lamont "MoMo" Jones scored 14 points and David Laury added 10. ...